Steve Cournane

@puddleg Was he saying that as a negative or a positive?

Existentialism has more in common with science fiction than it has with academic philosophy. ~ Colin Wilson

@Ghost952482 @Ithurts42 @its_M___ That is how I saw it too

Mathematician on my tl,, what's the answer??

@puddleg Looking forward to it sir

I gave new album Bad Astrology the sort of track-by-track annotation I used to give Puddle albums on MySpace. Out on vinyl any day, and across all the best and worst streaming platforms right now. God bless Zelle records and all who sail in her. open.substack.com/pub/georgedhen…

@Daver_16 @konstructivizm Fake

@konstructivizm This can’t be real

Newest footage of Mars just released by NASA. 140 million miles away from us!

@slowspiral @konstructivizm No spheres on the NASA website- complete rubbish

@konstructivizm That perfect sphere absolutely 100% does not exist a i photo doctoring it is not real

@bensmithrugby Agree with both points- Jordie really starting to live up to his earlier promise as a more destructive line breaker. Ireland was good for him.

The All Blacks retain the Bledisloe with a 33-24 win, with Cam Roigard starring in his return. Jordie Barrett with his best game since returning from Leinster.

Sir Geoffrey Palmer tireless on this cause. Great interview this morning on Q+A teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/how-t…

Some Good News...Kids are smashing Rockquest so hard it can't keep up., by @chris__schulz open.substack.com/pub/boilerroom…

Just bleak as hell where our music is heading - a night with Liz Pelly In Auckland by @chris__schulz open.substack.com/pub/boilerroom…

@flyosity Apple makes very bad software and good hardware. I have never understood why?

Apple broke the Photos app in iOS 18 because they stopped thinking about it as a Utility and started treating it like an app they are trying to grow casual usage of, which is insane. Apple’s goal should **never** be to increase usage of it like it’s some social product or game. Their goal should be to provide whatever a user is trying to find when they open it. Here are my primary use cases: (1) I need to find an item in my library that was added recently so I can edit it, share it, copy it, etc. (2) I need to find an item that was added to my library long enough ago that just scrolling back and glancing at thumbnails quickly is laborious or won’t lead to success without frustration For #1, the best way to solve that is to show me a chronological list of items as quickly as possible For #2, the best way to solve that is to have a Search feature that can accept arbitrary queries like “pumpkin patch” or “last Thanksgiving” or “baby pics” or “Dad with a beard” I don’t care about moments, slideshows, dynamic collections, memories, or anything else Photos is trying to put in my face. I don’t open Photos to stroll down memory lane, I open it for 1 of the 2 use cases outlined above. So what did Apple do? They jumbled the quick list of recent items with a bunch of dynamic collections and memories into a new main screen, but more egregiously they took Search out of the tab bar (closest to my thumb) and put it at the top right of the screen, which is the 2nd hardest region to reach when holding a phone. Moving Search to an ergonomically inconvenient location would be bad enough, but Apple designers took it a frustrating step further by shrinking the tap target wayyyyyy down from iOS 17. How much smaller is it? 91% smaller by area compared to the iOS 17 tab. 91% fewer individual pixels to try to tap on, now placed in the most inconvenient location they could find.

@bensmithrugby Surreal day - underrate Aussie at any sport at your peril! What a game!

Tony Brown receiving his New Zealand Order of Merit for convincing the Springboks to try and play rugby at Ellis Park where they imploded against the Wallabies. 🫡

"Heath is not a commodity. Heath is a common good." Important Q & A interview with Dr Phil Bagshaw and Dame Susan Bagshaw. tvnz.co.nz/shows/q-and-a/…

To maintain power keep the masses dumb.

The low down on the eventual sacking of Stephen Sackur and the end of HARDtalk. theguardian.com/media/2025/mar…

Great interview with Voom maestro Buzz Moller, by @chris__schulz open.substack.com/pub/boilerroom…

Urban Jungles: this is the future. Don't get me wrong; if you've got a lawn because you want to play cricket with the kids then that's ok too, but how many of us are really doing that? youtu.be/lot-TfjVkGA?si… via @YouTube

My lovely cousin Katrina Thomas- Rural Hero of the week. open.spotify.com/show/2JLP99Rf7…

Hamish Kilgour " ...that doesn’t make you a f....ing artist and it doesn’t give you any credibility. The credibility that you gain is what you do and what you say and what you make, and how you behave. That’s punk for me." youtu.be/aIyW3FyWx34?si… via @YouTube

1964 footage of a remarkable Irish drum battle. youtu.be/LdpW91w9yp0?si… via @YouTube

Great article by Lewis Porter about Steve Lacy's relation to Monk and freedom. open.substack.com/pub/lewisporte…